Shackle.



G. G. KENYON.

SHACKLB. `APPLICATION FILED 1320.11. 1907.

4 attozvufg PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. KENYON, OF MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS.

SHACKLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 28, 1908.

Application led December 11`,J 1907. Serial No. 406,072.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, GEORGE C. KENYON, a citizen of" the United States, residing at .Mount Carroll, in the county of Carroll 'and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shackles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shackles, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive device of this character, especially designed for use in holding the legs-of milch cows in such osition that they cannot kick while being mi ked and also to provide an attachment to hold the animal s tail in position, so that it cannot switch around and interfere with the person milking the cow.

.The invention is especiallyA designed for use in connection with cows having acquired the habit of kicking while being milked, and

it has been found that by app ying my imn proved device toanimals of this class that they soon become broken in and accustomed to stand quietly while being milked and the use of the shackle dispensed with when the animals are accustomed to standing without it.

It is another object of this invention to provide a device of this class which may be easily and quickly applied to animals of difv ferent sizes, and when once applied will hold the animal s legs as required to prevent them from kicking, and yet permit of sufficient movement of the animal s legs to enable the animal to acquire an easy and comfortable position while standing.

With these objects in view the invention 4resides in the novel construction of shackle A and tail holder for cows hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view illustrating myimproved device applied to a milch cow, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a metal ring, to which is ap lied the shackle element 2 and the cow tal holder 3. The shackle 2, employed in the contemplated form of my device is composed of a suitable strand of rope centrallyknotted to the ring as at -3 and havingthe shackle members 4 and 5 extending in opposite directions from their oint of connection with the ring 1. The s ackle members 4 and 5 are each provided upon their extremities` with spring clasps 6 and 7. The tail holder 3 is composed of a single strand of ro e'secured upon the eye or ring 1 as at r8,' and) is provided upon its free end with a spring clasp 9.

holder upon a cow one of the flexible shackle the cow'and its spring clasp secured upon the ring 1, andthe opposite shackle'memberis likewise wound around the opposite/i leg of the cow and its clasp secured upon the rin 1 otherclasp. T e clasp 9 of the flexible tail holder 3 is then fastened upon the tail ofthe animal. By this construction and arrangement of parts a milch cow is effectively rethe annoyance and inconvenience of the person milking the cow.

It will be understood that the flexible shackle members may be wound around the legs of the cow a suilicient number of times to correspond with the movement desired to be allowed to the cows legs, and thus adapt Ithe device to the different sizes of the cows to which itis to be applied.

From the foregoing descri tion it will be Vnoted that I have provide an extremely simple and efficient device for preventing milch cows from kicking while belng milked and which also effectively holds the cows around and interfere with the person milking the cow.

Havin thus fully described the invention what is c aimed as new is:

A device of the class described comprising a ring member, a iiexible shackle secured to the ring mcmber'at its center and' being provided with clasps upon each of its ends, and a flexible member having" a clasp also secured to the ring.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. KENYON.

e Witnesses:

FRED. S. SMITH,

ZELLA TUTER.

In applying my improved shackle and tail.

vented from kicking or switching its tai to members is wound around one of the -legs-of diametrically o posite the positionof t e i tail. in position so that it cannot switch 

